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SpotifySpotifyNew York, NY

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety

Builds and scales ML systems for content moderation, policy enforcement, and safety scanning on Spotify. Develops multimodal models combining text, audio, image, video; architects feedback loops and evaluation frameworks for production-grade deployment.

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About the role

What You Will Do

  • Build and scale machine learning systems for proactive content detection, classification, and pre-publish safety scanning
  • Design and implement policy evaluation frameworks, including standardized datasets, offline and online metrics, and continuous improvement loops
  • Develop multimodal models that combine text, audio, image, and video signals for safety and policy enforcement
  • Architect feedback loops that turn human reviewer input into structured training data for continuous model improvement
  • Translate regulatory requirements (e.g., precision/recall obligations, compliance reporting) into scalable ML system designs
  • Partner with cross-functional teams across Trust & Safety, Legal, Public Affairs, and Product to deliver safe user experiences
  • Drive technical direction in ambiguous problem spaces and contribute to long-term platform architecture
  • Mentor and support other machine learning engineers, helping raise the bar across the team

Who You Are

  • Experience building and shipping production-grade machine learning systems at scale
  • Strong expertise in ML evaluation, including dataset design, metrics, and model performance monitoring
  • Worked with multimodal machine learning systems across text, audio, image, or video domains
  • Experienced with human-in-the-loop systems, active learning, or feedback-driven model improvement
  • Comfortable translating complex requirements into technical solutions, including regulatory or policy constraints
  • Experience working across teams and influencing technical direction in large-scale systems
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making thoughtful decisions that balance speed, quality, and risk
  • Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills

Machine LearningMultimodal ModelsPyTorchTensorFlowContent ModerationMl EvaluationActive LearningHuman-In-The-LoopDataset DesignModel Monitoring

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